Library tax supporters concede defeat

10:13 PM,
Nov. 6, 2007

Written by

Dan Klepal
dklepal@courier-journal.com

Its cause trailing by a 2-to-1 margin, the Libraries! Yes campaign conceded defeat at about 7:15, having failed to push through an occupational-tax increase to pay for a massive expansion of the Louisville Free Library system.

"This community has clearly spoken," Louisville Mayor Jerry Abramson said from the pro-tax election gathering at the Frazier International History Museum. "This is not the way they wish to go forward."

The people who campaigned hardest against the tax increased promised to begin working this morning to make sure the library expansion still happens, using ...